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The 7czlhcr
. Unsettled with showers
today, Monday cloudy, tem
perature unchanged; Max.
' Temp. Saturday 4T, illn. Si
river 10j feet, BW wind.
There's grin U each of
'the cartoons of The States
man's new "Style Smiles'
r -aeriee, but there's also real
'- fashion information.
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EIGHTY-SIXTH YEAH
Salem, Oregon, Sunday Horning, February 21, 1837
Price 3c; Newsstands 5c
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Roosevelt, Signals .Gb Ahead99 :
On
Minimum Wage
Proposal Gets
F.R. Attention
Quiet Prevails in Plant
at "Waukegan; Ouster
Effort Abandoned
Labor Troubles Watched
on Many Fronts and
Solution Sought
(By the Associated Press)
. President Roosevelt studied a
proposed industrial program in
cluding minimum wage and boar
and voluntary trade agreement
provisions yesterday while scat
tered manufacturers wrestled
with Individual problems.
Tbe plan disclosed In Washington-called
for a board to set
up wage and hour standards for
each Industry . to apply -to bus
inesses operating In Interstate
commerce.
Violations would call for fines
r otber penalties, but no crim
inal punishment.
Quiet prevailed at the Fansteel
Metallurgical corporation plant
In North Chicago. 111. About 20
strikers continued In control of
two fight-scarred buildings. ' Ne
gotiators sought vainly for a way
out of the difficulties.
Effort to Expel ; 1
Bit-Downers Dropped V - f
Efforts to eject forcibly the
slt-dowsers, "who repulsed! t two
hour attack Friday, were aban
doned, at least temporarily, dur
lug the conciliation efforts.
: Elsewhere in the industrial
world tbese developments drew
attention:
1. The .motor car Industry
free from any major disturbances
continued its climb back to
normal.
2. CIO leaders disclosed an in
tensive drive for membership
along workers in the oil gaso
line and refining industry in
cluding filling station attend
ants would be started April 1
with a goal of 1,000,000 mem
bers. " "
3. Negotiations toward a," new
contract for the soft coal Indus
try were at standstill until Wednesday,-
with no progress report
ed for the first week. The pres
ent contract expires March31.
4. In Detroit. President Wal
ter I. Fry of the Fry . products
company Joined 150 "sit-down
strikers in his plant and said he
would stay as long as they, un
less they threw him out. "If
they won't work I wont, and
unless I work and sell, they
won't have any work to do."
Fry said. Six other Detroit plants
were held by strikers and seven
strikes started within tbe past
week had ben settled.
5.1 A Baltimore judge fined 15
striking taxi drivers 1.0 00 each
and offered possible; clemency if
tbe strike were ended quickly.
C. Two American Youth con
gress leaders were seized and
2.500 young persons scattered in
Washington wben they started a
"sit-down" demonstration near
the White Honse.
Four Arrests on
Traffic jCharges
Six motorists were arrested by
city police yesterday. -
Fred Paulus, Coqullle, ; was
booked last night on charges of
violating tbe basic traffic rule and
falling to stop. He was released
on $7.10 baiL
The others arrested, all on non
stopping charges -were: - -
Betty Bennett, route two, also
charged with driving without an
operator's license;' Hay Brecken
ridge.. 1550 Elm street; Irwin
Smith, route four; , Chalmers
Brown, ttl South Liberty street,
and Edward Ped, 1147 North
Commercial street. .
Attack on Bible's
. Contract Started
AUSTIN. Tex., Teh. S0-CAV
Btate senator u. J. suiaK or La
grange has launched his promised
action to force University of Tex
as regents to rescind their $15,000
ten-year contract with Coach Dana
X. Bible.
Sulak. who said he was deter
mined to "push the matter," as
serted he expecteda quick and
favorable committee report on his
resolution requesting the regnta
to mploy an athletic director and
football coach at a salary "com
mensurate" with faculty salaries.
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Approachvef Kew Xork's maypralty election sismals a political crlatl
. in the hUtorf of Tammany hall. Deprived of prestige and patron
age when Mayor Florella, LaGuardla west into office, the organ
lzation Is BTlrditig Itself for a desperate effort to prevent his iw
- election. J. J. Doollng, Tammany chief, and feds cohorts may select
Senator Royal 8. Copeland aa their entry.
Spanish Blockade
Into Effect
Further
j Volunteers Kept
Out, Nations' Pledge;!
26 Join in Pact
(By The Associated Press)
The civil war In Spain, now in
its eighth month, entered a new
phase this morning, one which
must be fought without the aid
of further ! volunteers from out
side for either party.
European statesmen who helped
frame an International agreement
to prohibit the flow of foreign
volunteers to Spanish battlefields
hoped the change meant not mere
ly an end to fears that the con
flict might -spread throughout the
continent but also an early end
to the bloody Spanish war Itself.
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Water! Main Bids
Called March 15
Bids for the 12th street arter
ial, water main may be called in
time for action upon them at the
March 15 1 city council meeting,
Cuyler Van Patten, water depart
ment manager, said yesterday. At
the latest they will be received In
time for-the first April meeting,
it is planned. .
Bids will be called only for
east iron pipe, valves and other
materials required for the project.
Laying of the line, across the city
from south to north, is expected
to be done by WPA labor under
city supervision. -
Vessel Grounded in Channel I
At Coos Bay
l SEATTLE, I Feb. :i0.-(jF-Tha
Norwegian t motorship H o r d a ,
which grounded in the channel
at Coos Bay, Ore., was refloated
late tonight and - the channel
cleared, the coast guard cutter
Onondaga wirelessed headquar
ters here at 11:25 p.m.
Headquarters said the Onon
daga made" no . mention of -damage
to the vessel, or how soon It
would be able to proceed on its
intermptedtrip from Marshfleld,
Ore.; to New Westminster. B. C
The Onondaga went from As
toria, Ore., to the Horda tonight
after the freighter grounded and
blocked " the channel while put
ting to sea for the Canadian
port.' The Merchants Exchange
said the Horda was nnder; char
ter to the . Latin-American lines
and In general cargo service in
the South American trade and
probably carried no passengers.
The Merchants Exchange said
the Horda was under charter to
the Latin-American lines and was
'Reform - Legislation
Unse ygi jjuardia
Spears Is Handed
2 - Year Sentence
But Suspended on Proviso
Property All Given !
Back to Owners '
Circuit Judge I H. McMahan
yesterday handed Richard E.
Spears a two-year suspended peni
tentiary sentence after the young
man had pleaded guilty to a burg
lary charge and promised to re
store all the property he had tak
en to Its owners. Upon making
the restoration he was to go on
three years' probation.
': The burglary specifically
charged to Spears was of the Nilea
Pierce residence, 528 South 24th
street, ' where he took $26, an
electric razor and a. kodak. He
also confessed ' to five other
burglaries, according . to District
Attorney Xyle J. Page. ; t
Records showed - Spears pre
viously .had been, -convicted In
Multnomah: county en a charge
of obtaining money by false pre
tenses. There he was paroled
from a two-year prison sentence.
Germans Win Bike Race
Indianapolis, Feb. 20. - -iJPf
Helns Vopel and Gustavo Kilian
of Germany won the - interna
tional six-day bicycle race here
tonight, nosing out the Ameri
can team of Charley Winter and
Freddy Ottevaere on a basis of
sprint points. s '
Floated Again
in general cargo service In the
South American trade. y
- - No passengers were believed .to
be aboard tbe Horda and the num
ber In Its crew was unknown hero
as the ship did not touch Seattle
on its present voyage. , ,; -..
PORTLAND, Ore.. Feb.' I0-OT
-The Oregon state board of pilot
commissioners began : an - official
Investigation of the sinking of the
Italian motorship Feltre in a col
lision with the freighter Edward
Lnckenbach in tbe Columbia riv
er Wednesday,' to determine if
Captain Isaac Tnrppa, pilot of the
Feltre, was at fault. , f
The board had no authority to
prosecute Captain George McNelly,
pilot of the Luckenbach steamer,
it was explained, since McNelly
was operating , under a federal
rather than a state license. An in
vestigation of the wreck by the
United States marine inspection
and navigation bureau Is also un
der way.. . - : .
Drafting Work
Be Started
,BeIief
Two Conferences Occur
at White House With
Big Issue Theme "
No Compromise Proposed
There, Stated; Senate
" Group Given Task
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20.-(ff-President
Roosevelt gave con
gressional leaders tonight a sig
nal to go 'ahead with legislation
for reorganizing the courts.,. .,.
. Senators emerging from the
second of two conferences at the
white house forecast that the sen
ate judiciary committee would
begin work Monday on the presi
dent's proposals to name six new
justices to the supreme court.
Hearings will be held. It was In
dicated. The senators said there was no
talk of. compromise at the white
house As the legislators let.
Thomas Corcoran, young presi
dential adviser who Is widely
credited with helping draft the
court program, went in to dine
with the president."
Two of the dozen senators who
attended the conferences tonight,
Frazier R-ND) and Nye (R-ND),
already were opposed to the presi
dential idea, and they said after
ward they had not changed tfcelr
attitude. ,
Others who attended; the sec
ond conference were LaFollette,
Wisconsin progressive, and Bone
and Schwellenbach, Washington
democrats. Bone has proposed a
constitutional . amendment as a
possible substitute for the court
reorganization. Schwelle n b a c h
and LaFollette have sided with
the president.
Some of these senators said
they had a general discussion of
the court situation and of the
various amendments which have
been proposed as alternatives for
the chief executive's program.
Chaplain Relates
Marines' Heroism
SAN PEDRO, Calif., Feb. 10
(AMen died with a joke on their
lips, and others, though fearfully
maimed, concerned themselves
with their shipmates and families.
Navy ChaplainOL P. Trump said
today, describing the aftermath
of the explosion aboard (he U. 8.
S. Wyoming last Thursday.
Seven 'sailors and marines
were killed and 13 were Injured
when a' five-inch shell exploded
during exercises. -r
"William K, Weber never said
a word while he was waiting to
be taken to the operating room,"
the chaplain said. "He just lay
there. '-1 asked him what made
him so strong, and he grinned and
said, 'It must be the beans they
feed US.' ;.. : , . . ; , ....
"Capt. Edward Tremble was
barely conscious. But -when he
opened his eyes, he said, 'Get a
doctor for . the men. I'm afraid
they're hurt. He died a moment
later in the arms of the cook."
Powder Train and
Ore Train Smash;
Six Persons Dead
QUINCT, Calif.. Feb. ;10-PH
A" speeding " ore' train smashed
into a string of - powder-laden
cars 700 - feet - down In the fam
ous -Walker copper mine, leav
ing six. workers dead and fire
injured today. .'. .
I - Chief Clerk R. B. Reed said
the ore train. "traveling at great
speed." : struck as the. powder
cars were being .unloaded. -
There was a terrific explo
sion," he added. The men were
killed almost Instantly. The five
who were hurt suffered only min
or injuries and shock."-
' Reed said, however, the quan
tity of powder exploding was in
sufficient to damage the mine
which for years has been one of
the biggest producers of its kind
in California. He said he. did not
know what brought "about the
collision.' ." v..-: : r - -
The blast occurred last night
but news of It did not reach the
outside world until today.
Monday
Little Done in
First 41 Days
State Session
Score on Conclusion of
Major Legislation Is
Still Round Zero
House "Sitdown'VAdds to
Tim e S t i 11 Necessary
Before Adjournment
By JOHN D. MINTO
- Rapidly gaining the reputation
as the "do-lltUe" , session, the
Stth legislative assembly ended
Its 41st day yesterday completely
bogged down under Its own
weight. The score of Important
or controversial . measures dis
posed of still stood at zero.
. Moving wearily through a grist
of unimportant and generally un
necessary , measures, the legisla
tors came to the end of their three
dollar days Friday. Of the bills
passed not one has been of suf
ficient importance to achieve even
the questionable honor of an ex
ecutive veto. From Friday to the
questionable end, the lawmakers
are working "on their own."
Hopes for a possible adjourn
ment next Saturday went glim
mering yesterday afternoon as a
group of old age pension advo
cates laid down the ultimatum,
"no pensions no appropria
tions," and threatened ' to hold
members here by parliamentary
procedure until "doomsday." j
None of Controversial . I
Issue Are Decided. . j
. Without exception, not a single
controversial subject has been
disposed of by both houses. De
ficiency judgment bills have been
discarded by both houses, but
while that was bolus accom
plished bills to protect the catfish
and the bullfrogs have met ap
proval and the coloring in sausage
haa been regulated. ; r-
- Social security measures have
been held In committee, pending
tbe introduction of the adminis
tration program, scheduled early
this week. Parole reform has been
held up but is due for appearance
on the house calendar Monday.
Even the Townsend and grange
power memorials have failed to
come before the senate. Both
were passed over a month ago by
the representatives.
Nothing on a state building pro
gram has been : accomplished.
Anti-gambling measures are still
to be approved by both houses.
Although the senate has defeated
a milk control repeal bill, Repre
sentative Hogan "is stiU vainly
trying to get his measures apply
ing to the milk control out of the
house repeal of laws committee.
lbor Legislation -Stin
in Committee -
Labor legislation both pro and
anU is still in committee waiting
for the adversaries to take the
floor first. Taxation t measures
have not met the 'test of -house
votes and highway measures are
still sleeping peacefully-
As proponents seek to gather
strength for the measures, the end
or the session promises to be
lively. Once a sine-die adjourn
ment resolution bas been adopt
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Soldiw
Oregon Is Sought
PORTLAND. Ore.. Feb. zo-JPk
In view of federal plans to con
vert the present Old Soldiers
home and Veterans hospital at
Koseourg into a mental Institu
tion for veterans, the joint leg
islative committee of : Oregon
veterans ' orrantzatlona innAnnr.
ed . decision . to push its bill in
the Oregon assembly for. con
struction for a- new home ' tor
old soldiers. '
Louis E. Starr, general chair
man' of, the committee, said the
bill providing for a commission
empowered to select the site,
nrobablv would- ha renartd on
the floor of the House Tuesday.
Gark Gable Here
For Visit, Report
Clark Gable, No. 1 male lead
of the movies, arrived In Salem
shortly before noon Saturday, but
remained in the city only a few
minutes before leaving to visit
friends : living outside of Salem,
persons who saw. and recognized
him reported. . :w ..
.j The A. N, Doertler home near
snrerton was the present destina
tion of Gable and his party, it was
reliably reported. Gable was ac
quainted with the Doerfler fam
ily while working at Silverton a
number of years ago. Names of
others- In the party ' were not
learned. ' -
Appropriatibh
By Parliamentary Q
Force Out Old
He's Out While
Trouble Starts
VERNON D. BULL
Housing Program
Extended 4 Years
Guarantee of Loans Will
. Continue; Seen as Aid
to Building Activity
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20
President Roosevelt signed today
a bill extending - for two years
the federal housing administra
tion's power to, guarante private
loans for home construction and
repair.
Stewart McDonald, federal
home housing administrator, said
the action was tantamount to giv
ing "a green light" -to the- home
construction industry. j
. : Without extension of tbe guar
antee, he said, home construction
would ' have been "seriously re
tarded, perhaps for years."
McDonald's agency Insures
home . mortgages up to 116,000,
and up to 80 per cent of the ap
praised value of the property.
Payments on the mortgage and
interest may be spread over a
period as long as 20 years. j -'
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Attorney Hooted
In Tragedy P
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SAN FRANCISCO, Feb." 2 0.UP)
A slzsling exchange of charces
during which spectators hooted
and booed State Senator Walter
McGovern today marked the state
Industrial accident commission's
inquiry into the death plunge of
ten men from the Golden Gate
bridge last Wednesday.
McGovern, appearing as attor
ney for, the Pacific Bridge com
pany, protested the radio broad-
c a s 1 1 h g of the proceedings as
publicity - which Is' coining into
money the tears" of the families of
those Who died i - K :
McGovern began his objecting
after Commission Chairman Tim
othy Reardon and Commissioner
Frank C. Mac Donald made pre
liminary statements, which were
broadcast,- He protested "In the
name of the men." j
Vancouver Youth
Is Arrested Here
Carroll
Jesse O'Brien, 24. of
Vancouver, Wash., was arrested
by-state police at the Mellow
Moon dancing pavilion In West
Salem lte Saturday night on a
Lane county warrant charging ob
taining money under false pre
tenses.' He- was lodged in the
county jail here' in lien of pro
ducing $1000 baiL j
The charge was filed last June,
officers said. - ,- .M -,"-v
Tornado' Leaves
Homessil
DCBACH, La., Feb.-20.-(-A
tornado struck la central Lin
coln parish today,' seriously. In
jured at least four persons, dam
aged or demolished about 4
houses and left, 200 persons
homeless. ;
'? High ' winds and heavy rains
were felt at the small village of
Kingston,- Mlss IS miles south
of . Natchex, where 10 tenant
houses were damaged, and in
the vicinity of Vicksburg. :r
The tornado ripped a path 200
yardswfde and IS miles long
through the farming section of
Lincoln parish, starting ; about
Bills
Age
Hide-and-Seek Tactics Under "Call of
House" Create Bedlam; Ways and
; Means Committee Is" Target
Controversy Still Rages, Threatens
Further Tie-up; Others Seek For
Strategy to Break Filibuster
SIT-DOWN strike methods invoked suddenly and without
the inkling of an advance warning enabled a "pension
bloc in-the Oregon house of representatives to stymie
the passage of 30 ways, and means appropriation bills and
threw the assembly into" a bedlam of confusion.
The rally, apparently staged by a group of ten members
who twice blocked action by sending; one of their number out
of the house and then invoking "call of the house" proceed
ings from which they refused to bulge, had for its announced
purpose the forcing of passage of old age pension measures
which would set the minimum for assistance at $30 a month
and reduce the age limit from 70 to 65 years.
As a result of the forced adjournment in the middle of
the passage of bills, the house faces a calendar of 83 bills up
Qfor third reading Monday.
Oregon State Is
Wiraier, Oratory
Whitman and Pacific Tied
I in Men's Debate With
r Run-OlXKecessary
; McMINNVILLE; Ore.;- Feb. 20.
-iP)-John MeConnick . and Ray
Siegenthal. both. f Oregon State
college, took first aud second
places respectively, tonight Jn the
finals of the men's oratory divi
sion of the seventh annual Lln
field college Invitational forensic
tournament here. . ;
In the women's oratory, Lily
Strom of Seattle Pacific took first
with Christine Hunter of Linfleld
second.
In the extemporaneous speak
ing division Jack Lelck of College
of Puget Sound and Paul Grogger
of Weber were first and second
respecUyely.
Phoebe Hawthorne of Linfleld
was first for the women, with
Beatrice Hale, University of Ida
ho, second. . - . .;
The Pasadena college team,
consisting of Caroline Alger and
Ada Lou Wolf, took first on the
women's debate. Washington
State' college entrants, Alice
Dopps and Lorraine Little, were
runners up. f
In the men's debate, teams from
Whitman and Pacific were Ued,
necessitating another or perhaps
two more debates to decide the is
sue. Suspect Arrested
i: In GirFs Slaying
CINCINNATI,'. ' Feb. tO.-iPh-Beatrice
A. Roth, 2 0, attractive
daughter of a former real estate
operator, was shot and killed to
night as she sat In an automo
bile 1 awaiting her escort and Lt.
George Schattle of the police
homicide squad announced short
ly afterward that a suspect had
confessed. . -
. Schattle said the' suspect was
Joseph Capronl, 20, grandson of
the late Enrico Capronl, widely
known restaurant proprietor, and
that he had , been apprehended
in a church in which -he had
sought refuge. .
- Schattle said a formal charge
of murder would be filed against
the youth, who, he said, admit
ted he .concealed himself In' the
car of Maurer Helts, 19. Miss
Roth's escort, and killed the girt
because he was "mad at her."
s Miss Roth - had "Jilted" him
last week, detectives said. -
300 Persons
seven miles t southwest, of Du
bacb. The storm proceeded la . a
northeasterly direction ' through
the FeUowship and Llggin school
communities, leaving wreckage la
its -wake. 1. . ...- ......
. Midway in its course it went
through tbe north and north
west edge of Dubach. a town of
about 00 population. -.
J. . A. 6healy, Lincoln parist
Red ' Cross head. Immediately
took steps to provide shelter and
food for the victims. He esti
mated about 60 rural residences
were completely rased, leaving
about 200. persons homeless.
Blocked
uibble
to
Aid Issuq
Proceedings were - stopped by
adjournment under call of the
house. The house will still be un
der the call when it convenes Mon-
day morning. The passage of tbe
appropriation bills Is usually con
sidered as tbe beginning of tbe
end of a session as adjournment
usually comes soon after they are
passed. ..
It was against alleged dilatory
actions of the legislators' In pass
lng ' bills concerning kangaroo
rats, bullfrogs and -skunks that
the revolt was directed. One mem
her of the pension bloc declared,
"They have been paaaing every
thing' else but-won't consider 1 im
portant bills. We're going to bold
up the appropriations until tbey
bring our measures out."
Led by several of the Mult
nomah . . county delegation the
house was thrown under the call
of tbe house and action delayed,
while house leaders sought vain
ly for a method to break the dead
lock. .
After Henry Semon had scored
the representatives for attempted
delay. Representative Wagner,
"leader of the wire-haired ter
riers," threw down the gauntlet
to the house.
Denies He's Leader
Bat Explains Purpose
"I have been accused of being
the leader of this holdup." Wag
ner said, "Well, my shoulders are
broad and I can take It. I was not
the leader but I am going to tell
yon why this has happened.
"The ways and means commit
tee has not done a good Job. Tbey
are bringing out their appropria
tion bills and have made no- pro
vision for the old people and I
understand that neither they nor
the governor are going to bring
anything out. .
fit it is In my power to do It
we will sit- here until next year
until something Is done for
old-age. pensions," he warned. '
The - delay came just as tbe
house had taken up consideration
of house bill 401, an appropria
tion bill for the forestry depart
ment. - " ; -i-'"-'-
Representative ' Antrim asked
for a call of the house. Four
members were excused but Rep
resentative Vernon - Boll, Union,
wbose old age pension measure
reducing the age limit to CS and
appropriating $4,000,000. " was
laid on the table in the ways and
means group, could not be found.
A motion to dispense with far
ther proceedings under tbe rail
of the house was objected to by
Representative Allen, Multnomsb.
Under the rules tbe house most
stay under tbe call of tbe honse -until
an members not excused are
present.
Boivin Attempts to '
Iron Out Deadlock
: Allen then, moved for adjourn
ment. This motion failed. Speaker
Harry. Bolvln left tbe rostrum
and appealed to members of the
bloc to withdraw their objections.
They - refused. Meanwhile Smla-
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Q)A L L A U U
Of 1 OU A SJ
.... By a. a
Tbonrh parliamentary capers
tie up action in tbe house and
every legislator has a yearS2
to go borne, some members tV.ll
continue new ideas to espone,
beneath the Oregon carttors
now non-existent dome.
Already there are hundreds,
almost thousands of new laws,
proposed to save the common
wealth from sorrow and C is
" tress; but of introinclng eth
ers, even now there is no
pause; few have any chance cf
passing but they come in none